The Japanese Lion didn't know that the fifth brother, who had always been a joke, had a ghost mind. He still thought that the fifth brother was the hero king before. Although he had a bad temper, a little twisted, and a little stubborn, his nature was still not bad!

When I heard that my brother saved me, I was relieved. After all, I was a real brother, and my feelings were different from those of ordinary royal relatives.

The fifth master Yi Qiong enlightened him a few words and then said, "Old Six! Brothers, you are nothing to say, but this matter is so fierce and fierce. Who is behind it? We must be a wise ghost!"

"Don't let people beat wave after wave of slap. In the end, I don't know who made a bad move. Then we will become fools?"

Everyone did not know that Yi had secretly visited Zeng Guofan, but as the general secretary of the Qing Dynasty, everyone naturally thought that he should know everything!

It’s right to think about it. You have been in charge of such a huge empire for many years, and you have been scrambling internal and external affairs, and you have military power. Such a powerful prince cannot be beaten and cannot find an opponent!

Yi's face suddenly turned red, "Fifth Brother...hey... I'm talking a long story, this opponent is really hard to say! I know who made the move, but I can't understand it in one or two words!"

"Oh? What's going on? Zhang San is Zhang San, Li Si is Li Si... What's the point of saying the name? Even if the foreign devil's name is long, can you finish the word "turning around in the song?"

"Could it be... Could it be that this person has something to do with your sixth brother? Are you shameless?"

"No, not...it's definitely not, but this opponent is not alone, but a group of people with no borders..."

Everyone was immediately confused. Their level was not as good as that of the Japanese Sixth. It was impossible to understand what the counterattack of capitalist forces was. They could only position their hatred on individual people, and they had to have names and surnames!

Just as everyone was surrounding the Japanese and insisting on an answer, the rescuer came, and his son Zai Cheng suddenly ran in with great strides.

"Ama! Ama is here to visit...Herd from Customs is here!"

"Who? Hurd? Hurd, Director of the General Taxation Division of Customs? Why did he come to this critical moment?"

Hede was definitely a very famous celebrity in the late Qing Dynasty. He had a close relationship with senior officials of the Qing government and had a very good personal relationship with Prince Gong and others.

It is not uncommon to be a guest, but the Qing Dynasty’s reception system was very cumbersome, and formal banquets had to be delivered three days in advance!

As long as you are not a close relative or close friend, such temporary home visits are very unconventional!

Once there is no notification to come temporarily, then there is only one possibility that something big will happen!

One is the British responsible for all customs duties in the Qing Dynasty, and the other is the most powerful prince in the Qing Dynasty and is responsible for the affairs of the entire empire!

Their visits must be strictly followed by the rules, and posts must be sent in advance and even records from the Ministry of Rites must be allowed. All matters concerning the national sports.

Such a situation of visiting the door without complaints has caused everyone to feel badly worried!

But the guests had to see each other when they arrived. Yi signaled everyone to wait in the Fu Hall. He went south to the west side hall of Yin'an Hall to meet the customs chief!

As he walked, Yi asked his son, "Have you asked anything? What did he do?"

"No, my son asked, and he just smiled and said he would visit Ama, not telling me serious things! Heard can easily speak on weekdays, but why is the voice so tight today?"

Hurd is actually not the first person in charge of the customs, he is the second person!

The first customs officer was Li Taiguo, a British man, but this man was crazy and cunning, and was very disrespectful to the Qing Dynasty officialdom, and even forced Prince Gong to give him a house with the standard specifications of the royal palace as a private house.

He even proposed to form a Qing gun fleet and give him command!

Of course, such a arrogant person could not be kept. In the end, the Qing government directly dismissed him and sent him money to get out of here!

And Li Taiguo's heir is British Hurd!

The root cause of Hed and even Li Taiguo's failure was so he was extremely careful and restrained. He was humble and courteous when facing Qing officials, and was very fluent in Chinese and did not have any communication problems.

He is very skilled in customs and taxation, and even for the same thing, he will come up with nine plans for the officials of the General Office of Liya.

Guarjia Wenxiang, the founder of the Jingshi Tongwenguan, was extremely impressed by Hed. You should know that the Jingshi Tongwenguan was the predecessor of the later Jingshi University Hall, and Jingshi University Hall was the predecessor of Peking University!

The vision of this person will naturally not be bad!

Prince Gong is also very friendly to this Hurd, and even calls him "our Hurd" in public to show his trust in him!

However, today, this old friend in front of Prince Gong's throne was obviously a little cramped. He sat upright on his knees, and he didn't have the usual fun. You should know that every time he came to Prince Gong's mansion, he would carefully look at the details of the building.

The carvings of window lattices, rockery trees, and displays... all attracted him!

But today, he was sitting alone in a chair and his eyes were in a state of no focal length, obviously thinking about something!

Yi first peeked at the crack in the window, and finally pretended to be happy and entered the door with a smile, "Hahaha... I think who is here? It turns out it's our Hurd!"

"Sit down, don't get up, don't get up... are all old friends!"

"Change tea for the Chief Director... You're welcome, change what I drink on weekdays... Don't use it as a decoration. You don't need to talk about the court's rules. Give you tea either as a decoration or let you drink it!"

"Thank you, thank you, Prince... I'm really embarrassed to come here to visit this time!"

The two of them were polite, and Yi waved his hand to scold the person. The only two of them in the hall were "Mr. Hurd... I'm so anxious to see me, what's wrong?"

"Ah... This matter is really tricky... Please understand my difficulties... That... the customs tariff silver that should have been deported in June... I'm afraid it can't be deported..."

With a bang, the tea bowl in Yi's hand slid onto the ground, and a bowl of hot tea poured all over the floor. The eunuch outside rushed in and wanted to help the prince clean up.

"Get out! Get out... who asked you to come in!" Yi cursed the eunuch who was attentive, pointed at Hurd with a trembling hand and said, "You...you say it again?"

Hurd stood up and bowed to the prince, "Sorry, I can't deport the customs tax collection to the treasury in June... because all ports appeared... There were large-scale wrong accounts..."

"I cannot deport silver until the accounts are reviewed clearly!"

"Hed!" Prince Gong growled, "Even you want to betray me? Are you sorry for you?"

"You live in the General Administration of Customs, and the house was repaired by me specially approved funds... You get Li Taiguo's double salary, 800 taels of silver every month!"

"Your salary is 9,600 taels of silver per year... Do you know how much a prince's salary is only a year? It's only 10,000 taels!"

"You got a salary of more than the prince alone! Are you not satisfied?"

"I never interfere in all customs affairs, I'm entrusting it to you... Have I ever intervened in the past few years?"
Chapter completed!